invites
you to learn more about children's books published by North Carolinians.

Our member authors and illustrators give
individual and group readings, many teach writing at schools and conferences
nationwide, and most have won state and national literary awards.

Many WINC members are available for:

~ CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

~ WRITING WORKSHOPS

~ LIBRARY PROGRAMS

~
SCHOOL VISITS

TO OUR READERS:

WE, the thirty-five members at Writers & Illustrators of North Carolina, respect all of our readers of every race, religion or gender identity.

WINC is fiercely committed to tolerance, inclusiveness and equal civil rights for everyone. As author-citizens of North Carolina our members will, as we have always done, strive to write and illustrate exceptional and inspiring books for all young people. We will continue to talk with our constituency about books of all kinds in libraries, schools, bookstores and other venues. We will carry on writing, illustrating and speaking about the timeless themes of children’s literature, among them justice, fairness, love and liberty. The Latin root of the word liberty, liber, meaning free, is, after all, also the word for book.

North Carolina is our home and we want it to be a place where the rights of all are protected and everyone is welcome.

You must work, we must all work, to make the world worthy of its children." ~ Pablo Casals, cellist

"Children’s literature is a place of great experimentation. Like children themselves, it can be hilariously playful and deeply serious. It isn’t content to sit on shelves and behave. It is inquisitive, exploratory – and difficult to categorise. It tells tales of rabbits and ducks, of vampires and zombies, of ordinary kids in ordinary homes, of love and death, and explores the most profound, joyful and troubling aspects of human experience. It experiments with narrative and form, with the shape of the page and the shape of the book. It is where literary culture is constantly renewed. We overlook this world at our peril. It is, and always will be, at the heart of our cultural life." ~ David Almond

"A self is not something static, tied up in a pretty parcel and handed to the child, finished and complete. A self is always becoming. ~ Madeleine L'Engle

"Growing up with five brothers taught me
that it's good to be the guy telling the story after the lamp
gets broken."~ Jon Scieszka

"Years ago someone said to me, 'Jackson,
your books must be printed on scar tissue.' I was pleased. ~ Richard Jackson, children's book editor
and publisher

"Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up."~ Pablo Picasso, artist

"Children may be fiends in all kinds of ways, but they
are not hypocrites. If you remember, it was a child who cut
through all the pretence and pointed out that the Emperor had
no clothes on." ~ Joan Aiken, novelist for children